A novel dexamethasone-releasing, anti-inflammatory coating for neural implants

2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 522-525

  Zhong, Y ^a   McConnell, G C ^a   Ross, J D ^a   Deweerth, S P ^a   Bellamkonda, R V ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COATINGS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRODES; NEUROLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EXTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROCELLULOSE COATINGS; TISSUE FORMATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 33744501493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2005.1419674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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